Standing Armies, Gun Control, and Middle East Tyranny by Jacob G. Hornberger February 22, 2011 America’s Founding Fathers would not be surprised by what is happening in places like Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, and Iran. They understood that the real value of a standing army, from the standpoint of dictatorial regimes, is that the military can usually be relied upon to do its duty and protect the regime by killing protestors or rounding ...
A Solution for Wisconsin by Jacob G. Hornberger February 21, 2011 The controversy with public schoolteachers in Wisconsin proves, once again, that there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference in principle between Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals. This time, the big battle between the statists is whether state schoolteachers should be allowed to collectively bargain. The conservatives say no. The liberals say yes. Yawn. Regardless of which way the issue ...
The U.S. Military Empire Meets Dictatorship in Bahrain by Jacob G. Hornberger February 18, 2011 The U.S. Empire includes 750-1,000 military bases in more than 130 countries. The reality of that extensive military empire has come to the forefront in Bahrain, where the authoritarian government in that country is cracking down on protestors with round-ups, jail, torture, and even extra-judicial execution. Of course, it’s a familiar story, one that is confronting Americans every day. People ...
Time to End All Foreign Aid Entirely by Jacob G. Hornberger February 17, 2011 Preliminary Note: Just in case you’ve missed them in this week’s FFF Email Updates, here are links to recent FFF videos: Campaign for Liberty Panel at CPAC with Ivan Eland, Jim Bovard, and Jacob Hornberger. Jacob Hornberger Show at CPAC featuring Jim Bovard, on “Why Do Conservatives Support Statism?” FFF Economic Liberty Lecture Series: “Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Rights ...
Where’s the American Outrage against U.S. Support of Dictatorships? by Jacob G. Hornberger February 16, 2011 Once it became clear that Egypt’s dictator Hosni Mubarak was on the way out, U.S. officials quickly shifted gears and took the side of the demonstrators, the people who had suffered for 30 years under the brutal Mubarak dictatorship. U.S. officials even offered their guidance for moving Egypt toward a democratic political system. Of course, all this pro-democracy hoopla was ...
YAF’s Attack on Ron Paul by Jacob G. Hornberger February 15, 2011 I have long pointed out that there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between conservatives and liberals in that they are both statist to the core. Sure, it’s true that conservatives love to employ libertarian-type mantras, such as “free enterprise, private property, and limited government,” but when it comes to supporting statist programs, conservatives join forces with liberals. Examples: Social ...
Dictatorship and Torture Are American Values by Jacob G. Hornberger February 14, 2011 Count on U.S. officials, from Obama on down, along with their conservative supporters, to bring some hilarity into the events occurring in Egypt. Don’t you just love watching them on television providing their advice and counsel to the Egyptian people on how to achieve democracy and offering their guidance for the future? “This is Earth calling the U.S. government. Come ...
Obama: Egyptians Are Too Dumb for Democracy by Jacob G. Hornberger February 11, 2011 Flip-flopping over events in Egypt, President Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have decided that it would be a bad idea for unelected Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak to immediately resign from office. Their reason? Under Egypt’s constitution, Mubarak’s departure from power would require national elections to be held within 60 days. What’s wrong with that? Obama and Clinton ...
In Search of Monsters to Support by Jacob G. Hornberger February 10, 2011 On July 4, 1821, U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams delivered a speech to the U.S. House of Representatives in which he observed that America was founded on principles of liberty and limited government that precluded our nation from going abroad “in search of monsters to destroy.” The idea was that although people in different parts of the ...
Mubarak and the Income Tax by Jacob G. Hornberger February 9, 2011 As it continues to seep into the consciousness of the American people that their very own government — the U.S. government — has been the primary financial supporter of the Mubarak dictatorship for the past 30 years, the fact that April 15 is approaching provides a good opportunity for the American people to do some soul-searching. While it is the ...
The Courage to Confront the Darkness by Jacob G. Hornberger February 8, 2011 The Chilean government is investigating hundreds of cases of human-rights abuses under the dictatorial regime of army Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who took power in a violent coup in 1973. Notably, the probe will include an investigation into the death of Salvador Allende, the democratically elected president of the country who Pinochet and his military henchmen ousted in the coup. ...
Shared Values in the U.S. and Egypt by Jacob G. Hornberger February 7, 2011 On the surface of it, one might reasonably ask how it is that President Barack Obama and other U.S. statists feel so comfortable having the U.S. government partner with a brutal dictator like Hosni Mubarak. In an attempt to excuse the partnership, U.S. statists argue that such a thing, even if distasteful, is a necessary part of protecting the ...
